The sleepless Greener’s bane, a low murmur promising gossip, just to deliver incoherent flicks of the tongue and fade. Clawing itself up and down the aimless maze of pipes in the Evergreen dorms without destination or purpose. It exists to exist, and taunts us for our delusions of more. Name: […]
Shark Meat and the EU
by Troy Ritter One of the major hot topics in ocean conservation today, especially as it relates to seafood, is shark fin soup. Condemned by Humane Society International (HSI), the dish dates back as far as the Ming Dynasty (mid 1300s) as the soup of emperors. Still considered a delicacy, […]
On Love and Liberation
By Sofía Isabella Malo “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.” – Che Guevara When I was 18, I lost my best friend. They had also just turned 18 and had already used up more […]
Beef in El Barrio ; A notice from La Familia
Dear Evergreen Faculty, During one of La Familia’s weekly club meetings in El Barrio last month, there was an incident where a faculty member exited his classroom multiple times commenting on the noise level of a Familia meeting in progress. We obliged after he exited the first time by ceasing […]
Archive Spotlight: The CxPJ
By Sako Chapman Front page of the Counter Point Journal volume 1 Issue 2, May 2009. The story “Evergreen Under Military Occupation? Or… Criminal Charges and lawsuit threatened against street theater performance” reports on a Mock Israeli Defense Force (IDF) checkpoint set up by students in front of the clocktower […]
Horoscopes
Capricorn: Howdy, sea goat! The new fall season is upon us. Your excitement for the new school year is uplifting your spirit. Stay with that. Make sure to spend plenty of time outdoors before the days get darker sooner. Your ruling planet, Saturn’s, retrograde in Pisces is a reminder to […]
Welcome to BLISS
By Sako Chapman The office of BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Intersectional Support Services (BLISS) is the newest name for an office that has existed in support of students from historically marginalized groups since the early years of Evergreen’s existence. Student advocacy over the decades has brought to light the need for […]
BLOCK COP CITY: From Atl to TESC
Sako Chapman and Kaylee Padilla Weelaunee Forest Defenders of the Stop Cop City movement visited Evergreen on Monday, 10/2 as a part of the Weelaunee Worldwide: Mass Action Speaking Tour. To a lecture hall filled with more people than seats available, forest defender Sam gave a presentation on the upcoming […]
Navigating the systems and social life of Evergreen through the lens of Familia, a latine club @ Evergreen State College.
Familia has been at Evergreen for less than a decade. Originally created to financially support undocumented students on campus, it disbanded during 2020 when the pandemic started and has been absent on campus for about 3 years. Beginning fall of 2022, a group of students joined together to reimagine and […]
“Collecting Data on Evergreen’s Housing Crisis”
By Grace McLarty In class, in the smoking shelters, on Discord, we all hear stories of Olympia’s nightmare housing market. Friends move out of town due to rising rents, students post desperate pleas for rooms for rent on social media, you hear about people giving up on Evergreen and moving […]